The contract is for 12 Typhoon fighter jets and eight Hawk advanced jet trainer aircraft with deliveries set to start in 2017, the Hindu Business Line reported Sunday.
Amrita Nair-Ghaswalla writes the sale makes Oman the seventh country in the world to operate the Typhoon and provides a boost for the Hawk program, which BAE wants to re-equip the U.S. Air Force with.
Saudi Arabia is also buying up to 30 Hawk aircraft under a separate $808 million award, where pilots will fly the Hawk for training prior to the Eurofighter.